Woke Gaming Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice

Name: Woke Gaming Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice
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ISBN: 9780295744179

ISBN-10: 0295744170

ISBN-13: 9780295744179

Edition: 2019

Authors: Kishonna L. Gray, David J. Leonard, David J. Leonardi

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From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression. Whether visible in the persistent color line that shapes the production, dissemination, and legitimization of dominant stereotypes within the industry itself, or in the dehumanizing representations often found within game spaces, many video games perpetuate injustice and mirror the inequities and violence that permeate society as a whole. Drawing from groundbreaking research on counter and oppositional gaming and from popular games such as World of Warcraft and Tomb Raider, Woke Gaming examines resistance to…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2019
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 11/13/2018
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English